Best Places33525, FL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 33525, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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33525 ranks 16,134th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 33525

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 33525 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

33525's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%State infrastructure
Top 5%Low taxes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 33525 with other zip codes.

Where 33525 ranks high

  • State infrastructureBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Crime safetyBetter than 86% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 78% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than 75% of zip codes

Where 33525 ranks low

  • Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of zip codes
  • Short commute31.7 minutes each way, better than only 21% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 28% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 33525

A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 33525 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $76,289; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.

Income to buy the median home
$82,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,908
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $317,966 home
Median rent
$1,087
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,621
Property tax$181
Homeowners insurance$106

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 33525's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 33525

33525's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
42
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
24%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.6
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1822%
18 to 3424%
35 to 4916%
50 to 6415%
65 and older24%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 33525.


Who works in 33525, and how

Work in 33525 centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
14%
about the national average
Unemployment
6.3%
above the national average
Job growth
+7.7%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Education15%
Health care & social13%
Retail trade10%
Construction8%
Hospitality & food7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 83%
  • Work from home 14%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 33525

The coast is about 39 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 33525, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
65
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 30.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 45% of zip codes
Coffee shops
15
about 7.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 76% of zip codes
Living on campus
2,221
students living in college or university housing
To the coast
39 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 33525, month by month

33525 sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January71°58°47°
April85°71°59°
July92°80°71°
October86°74°66°

Flying in and out of 33525

Tampa International sits about 32 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
TPA
Tampa International, about 32 miles
Airport size
Large hub
27th-busiest in the US, 135 nonstop destinations
Average drive
45 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 33525

Schools across 33525 average a B−, better than 60% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 33525 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


33525 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 33525 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 33525 suits

Families

Schools beat 60% of zip codes and crime safety beats 86%.

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Remote workers

14% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 66% of zip codes.

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Common questions about living in 33525

Is 33525 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 33525 ranks 16,134th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and low crime, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 33525 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $317,966. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $76,289 median income, cost of living beats 59% of zip codes.

Is 33525 safe?

Yes, 33525 is safer than 86% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 33525?

July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 71 with lows near 47. That works out to about 104 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of zip codes.

Is 33525 good for families?

Schools beat 60% of zip codes, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $900 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 33525. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 33525 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

33525 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 33525: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 33525: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 33525: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 33525: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

33525 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.